Hypocrisy can run amok in the world of trade. This week the CSIS Scholl Chair examines the inherent hypocrisy in many of the current global trade disputes.

Eighty years after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which precipitated the invasion of Poland and the beginning of World War II, CSIS’s Iain King discusses the lessons we should learn from this historic agreement.

CSIS Russian experts note how the recent Moscow protests have some characteristics that suggest Russia is entering a new political era, one that could force the Kremlin into some difficult decisions ahead of upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections.

The South Korean government announcement today of its intention not to renew the General Security of Military Information Agreement represents escalation of the Japan-Korea dispute after each side removed the other from preferred trade partner lists earlier this month.

This CSIS commentary analyzes the important fiscal trends and core assumptions found in the new CBO budget projections.

Amidst a flood of U.S.-China currency-related headlines, CSIS’s Stephanie Segal reviews the Trump administration’s efforts to place currency at the center of an “America First” economic policy.

The leading opposition parties in Bostwana, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe are led by men in their thirties and forties. CSIS’s Judd Devermont explains why opposition politics are a young man's game in southern Africa.